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May 8, 2012

Regaldo & Apolaro win 2012 Forgass series

The Sour Grapes Race took place last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. This race is a tradition for the end of the Forgass season each year. On Saturday night there was a dinner to award winners on each class. This year’s Florida State Champions were Capricorn drivers Roniel Regaldo in 1/8 scale and DJ Apolaro in sedan. The Sour Grapes race saw Paolo Morganti as the top qualifier in sedan with the new Serpent 747 and George Martinez in 1/8 scale. In the sedan race Rino Lino took the win, Steve Mc Nichols 2nd and Joaquin Desoto 3rd. In 1/8 Scale Chuck Moon was 1st, Tony Rice 2nd and George Martinez 3rd.

View the race podiums here

May 8, 2012

Simon Kurzbuch wins Rd2 in Switzerland

Last weekend saw the Lostallo track host the 2nd Round of the Swiss Championships and Mattia Pesenti sent us this report. The weather forecast wasn’t good but on Friday we could practice on dry conditions and the car was very good and easy to drive with good grip. Also the other Xray drivers were very fast and happy with the new car. Unfortunately on Saturday the rain came and we had to choose if use the ‘rain car’ or the ‘dry car’. We chose the ‘rain car’ and so we had to use it for the whole day.

Continue reading the report here

May 8, 2012

Capricorn titanium & carbon options

Capricorn have released a number of new items for the Lab 1/10th and 1/8th scale chassis’. First up for the Lab CO2 are these new titanium front and rear drive axles which are half the weight of the original part but similar hardness. For the 1/8th scale there is a new flex radio plate, the result of their collaboration with 9-time world champion Lamberto Collari. Also for the same car are new front and rear carbon fibre shock towers with additional holes to achieve a more lay down shock position.

View the other new parts here

May 8, 2012

Tim Marx wins Rd2 of Omaha Summer Series

Tim Marx, driving the X-6 Squared, won stock buggy last weekend in round 2 of the Summer Series at the Omaha, Nebraska HobbyTown Hobby Plex. The HobbyPlex outdoor track was the scene of the 2009 ROAR off-road Nationals, and in September 2011 they opened a brand new and quite massive indoor clear-span facility for off-road racing. Especially for drivers in the stock class, this weekend’s lay-out was challenging, featuring several large jumps and a rhythm section. Tim qualified 6th for the race, but moved steadily through the field to take the 2WD buggy stock motor win.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

May 8, 2012

Team C EX-1 transmitter bag

New for the KO Propo EX-1, Team C have introduced this carbon look transmitter bag. This hard wearing carry case features shoulder strap and handle and comes supplied with cut foam specifically for the EX-1 and some extra accessories.

View the internal foam here

May 8, 2012

Rick V takes Rd2 in Dutch Nationals

The 2nd round of the Dutch Nationals was held on Belgian soil at the beautiful track of Model Racing Genk. This is the first time ever that the Dutch competition is running on this track just over the border. Because this track is also the homebase of some Belgium drivers they would have an advantage. On the Friday many people took the chance to run their first laps on this low grip track with only a very small gripline. The Saturday was wet and cold, and only at the end of the day it became dry and some laps were driven. The Sunday started dry but just before the start of the 1st heat it started to rain and did not stop until the main finals.

Continue reading the report here

May 7, 2012

Jörn Neumann wins German Nats West Rd1

The 1st qualification (West) for the German Nationals 8th Buggy were held in Oberhausen last weekend. On Saturday it rained all day, so the organizers cancelled the day. Luckily it stopped raining during the night and racing was possible on Sunday. The schedule was 2 Rounds of qualifying and then finals. Jörn Neumann finished 2nd in Round 1 and TQ’ed Round 2. This gave Jörn overall TQ. For the semi final it started to rain, but not as much as the day before. Jörn was able to win his semi final to start 1st for the main final. After a short brake the 20 minute final was under way, Jörn made a mistake in the first corner, this cost him to fall back several positions. A couple corners later Jörn tried to pass another driver, but got caught up and needed another marshall. Jörn was dead last after the first lap. Jörn pushed really hard and fought his way back to third after the first fuel stop. The second place was not far away and Jörn closed in lap after lap. Jörn passed him for 2nd place and now was 7-8 seconds behind the leader. the leader made a mistake and Jörn closed the gap more and more. After the 2nd fuel stop 1st and 2nd were just 2 corners from each other. A few laps later the leader had to stop with a fuel tank issue. Now, Jörn was in the lead and could bring it home under the muddy conditions.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 7, 2012

ISTC Worlds Warm-Up – Announcement

The Model Auto Club Heemstede, organizer of the 2012 IFMAR Worlds, will organize the official Worlds Warm-Up for 1:10 ISTC at the MACH track in the weekend of June 9-10. All the big aces are expected to show up, confirmed already are Dutch ace Jilles Groskamp, Andy Moore from the UK, Atsushi Hara from Japan. Many more international racers are expected to sign up as the official Warm-up is the week following the Apeldoorn leg of the 2012 Euro Touring Series which is about 1 hour drive away from Heemstede.

View more information here